Case report: Ketchion v McEwan (2018) unreported, Newcastle upon Tyne County Court, HHJ Freedman, 28 June
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Costs recovery; QOCS protection; counterclaims ‘A claimant who successfully established a claim for catastrophic injuries would not recover a penny of costs if the defendant happened to have even a weak counterclaim for minor whiplash.’ This recent costs case, if correctly decided, has dramatic and far-reaching implications for personal injury litigation. This article will consider …